Sunday, September 11, 2016

BAKERSFIELD
— California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR) officials are
looking for an offender who walked away from a Bakersfield re-entry facility on
Sunday, Sept. 11.

Stephen Beavers, 30, was transferred from Wasco State Prison
to the Male Community Re-entry Program (MCRP) in Kern County on Aug. 19. After
being notified at approximately 7 p.m. Sept. 11 that Beavers’ GPS device had
been tampered with, staff initiated an emergency search.

Notification was immediately made to local law enforcement
agencies. Within minutes, agents from CDCR’s Office of Correctional Safety were
dispatched to locate and apprehend Beavers.

Beavers is a white male, with partially gray hair and blue
eyes. He is 6 feet tall and weighs 184 pounds.

He was admitted to CDCR on May 28, 2010, from Kern County to
serve a six-year sentence for possession of a controlled substance,
first-degree burglary and receiving stolen property. He was scheduled to be
released to probation in December 2016.

The MCRP allows eligible offenders committed to state prison
to serve the end of their sentences in the re-entry center and provides them
the programs and tools necessary to transition from custody to the community.
It is a voluntary program for men who have approximately 180 days left to
serve. The program links offenders to a range of community-based
rehabilitative services that assist with substance use disorders, mental health
care, medical care, employment, education, housing, family reunification and
social support.

Anyone who sees Beavers or has any knowledge of his
whereabouts should immediately contact law enforcement or call 911.

Since 1977, 99 percent of all offenders who have left an adult
institution, camp, or community-based program without permission have been
apprehended.